Center of Excellence: Moderate to Severe Asthma: Journal Articles

• Outcomes and Lung Function in Children With Severe Asthma What have we learned about outcomes and lung function among children with uncontrolled severe asthma?
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, May 06, 2020
• Home Visits for Children With Asthma Reduce Medicaid Costs The READY study evaluated the effect and the cost benefits of a community health worker-led home intervention on improving outcomes for Medicaid-enrolled children with uncontrolled asthma.
  Preventing Chronic Disease, April 06, 2020
• Age-Specific Incidence of Allergic and Non-Allergic Asthma A new study looks at the incidence of asthma among children and adults by evaluating age at onset and the role of childhood allergies.
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, February 28, 2020
• Indoor Environmental Control Among Children With Asthma Indoor environmental control practices are effective in reducing asthma symptoms among children. How do these practices differ by race/ethnicity in households with children with asthma in the US?
  Preventing Chronic Disease, January 27, 2020
• Asthma/Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap What is asthma/COPD overlap and how should it be treated? A new review discusses the identification and management of this condition.
  Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, January 10, 2020
• Mepolizumab for Severe Asthma With Chronic Rhinosinusitis Mepolizumab may be an effective treatment option for patients with severe asthma and underlying eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis.
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, December 11, 2019
• Precision Medicine in Atopic Diseases What role might precision medicine have in the management of atopic diseases?
  Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, November 21, 2019
• Severe Asthma: An Update for 2019 This review focuses on the management of patients presenting with acute, poorly controlled asthma, highlighting therapeutic options for acute exacerbations and prevention.
  U.S. Pharmacist, September 05, 2019
• S. stercoralis Infection After Emergency Corticosteroids This case underscores that patients with apparent severe asthma exacerbation warrant careful evaluation before the initiation of corticosteroids, as not all wheezing is due to asthma.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 29, 2019
• Elevated Serum OX40L and Corticosteroid Resistance in Asthma A new study explores the relationship between serum OX40L levels and corticosteroid response in children with asthma.
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, May 07, 2019
• Severe Asthma in Children: Therapeutic Considerations Which factors should be considered before escalating treatments in children with severe therapy-resistant asthma?
  Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, March 20, 2019
• Reducing Corticosteroid-Related Adverse Events in Asthma The chronic use of corticosteroids is frequently associated with adverse events in asthmatics. What strategies may help reduce these events?
  Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, January 04, 2019
• Allergen Immunotherapy as Add-on to Biologic Agents A new review examines recent evidence regarding the addition of biological treatments to allergen-specific immunotherapy. What have we learned?
  Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, November 21, 2018
• Bronchial Thermoplasty Reduces Gas Trapping in Severe Asthma A new study uses body plethysmography to evaluate the changes in gas trapping following bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma.
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, November 06, 2018
• Anti-IL-5 Therapy in Severe Eosinophilic Asthma Patients What criteria may be used to measure the response to anti-IL-5 treatment among patients with severe eosinophilic asthma?
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, September 06, 2018
• BF Spiromax vs BF Turbuhaler Inhaler Techniques in Asthma With which of these two different inhalers were patients with asthma most able to achieve device mastery?
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, August 23, 2018
• Is the Evidence of Local Allergic Rhinitis Growing? Recent advances have led to a better understanding of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of local allergic rhinitis. Find out what there is to know.
  Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, July 16, 2018
• Telerehabilitation for Chronic Respiratory Disease Is a home-based telerehabilitation program as effective as traditional pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic respiratory disease?
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, July 05, 2018
• Effects of Endogenous Sex Hormones in Adolescent Asthma In what ways might the surge of sex hormones with puberty impact lung function and symptoms in asthma -- and how do these effects differ between genders?
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, June 06, 2018
• Impact of Omalizumab Treatment in Severe Allergic Asthma A new study provides a clinical and cost analysis regarding the use of omalizumab in the treatment of severe asthma.
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, May 16, 2018